Harley Jo Chaffin was selected as the Longview Orthopaedic Star Foundation student of the week for March 5th-11th. Harley Jo competes for the Northeast Texas Community College Rodeo team. A valued member of the team, Chaffin, from Ivanhoe, Texas competes in Goat tying, Ladies Breakaway and Team Roping for the Eagles.

The NTCC Foundation is happy to announce the recipients of the Spring 2023 Faculty Enhancement Grant.  Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Fulgham and Jackie Johnston for receiving awards. Melissa Fulgham, History – $1,620. Archival documents on Annie McClean Moores who in 1893 becomes Texas’ first female bank president, heading up the First National Bank in Mount Pleasant, TX.

Northeast Texas Community College will be closed March 13-17th for spring break. Online registration continues in the myEagle Portal for 2nd 8-week classes, which are scheduled to begin on Monday, March 20th. We hope everyone has a safe and relaxing break!

Northeast Texas Community College hosted the Southern Arkansas Community College Stars in softball action on March 4, 2023 and came away with two run rule victories. Game won saw the Eagles take down the Stars 10-2 and game two NTCC also put up ten runs in an 10-1 win over Southern Arkansas CC.

The Northeast Texas Community College Board of Trustees met for its regular February meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28th at 5:30 p.m. Dr. Ron Clinton, NTCC President, reported that the bill for proposed changes to the community college funding model was released this week. It is Texas House Bill 8, and more information will be made clear in weeks to come as the state legislature moves forward with its work. 

Did you know that NTCC currently has 15 WorKampers from all over the country who live on campus and help out with important tasks that impact the entire college? NTCC’s unique WorKamping Program allows full-time RVers an opportunity to exchange work for rent at a small RV park located on the NTCC campus (near the rodeo arena). Retirees and disabled workers can share their considerable experience and talents to help with projects like landscaping, painting, farming, electrical, plumbing, and computer support.

Northeast Texas Community College would like to recognize all the Area Athletic Trainers who go above and beyond to take care of the athletes they serve. March is designated at National Athletic Training Month and this year the slogan is “There’s an AT for that”. Certified and/or Licensed Athletic Trainers are most notably seen working with Professional or Collegiate teams. We are fortunate here in Texas to also have many Athletic Trainers working with high schools and middle schools along with College and Professional teams.

Six current NTCC Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) students recently had the opportunity to volunteer at a special needs Valentine’s dance at Coppergate Ranch. These students took extra time out of their weekend to help make the event memorable for attendees aged 9-67. One special guest, Grace, was a 17-year-old girl who got to celebrate her first birthday party at the dance.

In this the eleventh cinematic premiere of a story from the Texas past in as many years, Honors Northeast, and the NTCC Webb Society will present a largely forgotten story that deserves its share of legendary acclaim. The film follows the tale of Minnie Fisher Cunningham, the leader who led the state’s suffragettes to an upset victory.  It was a triumph unique in the larger regional story of the South. At a time when the Solid South offered the most vociferous resistance to suffrage, Texas endorsed the Nineteenth Amendment.

Northeast Texas Community College Baseball hosted Paris Junior College for the first home conference games of the 2023 season and each team came away with a win in the series. NTCC won game one 7-2 before falling to Paris in game two 8-3. Game one’s victory was led by a great pitching performance by Kevin Schoneboom (Mansfield, Texas) who pitched a complete game giving up just two runs on five hits in seven innings on the mound. Schoneboom would strike out three PJC Dragons, and induced Paris into seven ground outs and 10 pop flies to keep the PJC offense grounded.